Swift moves, high level meetings: Mega Nitish Kumar action in Delhi; JDU leader mulls return to NDA
Nitish Kumar back in NDA fold? | Image:PTI
In a massive development in the Janata Dal (United) (JDU) ahead of the crucial party meeting, a top JDU leader has spoken to Republic exclusively regarding political realignment with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Devesh Chandra Thakur, chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council said that “politics is a game of possibility and anything can happen”.
“We were running the government comfortably with the BJP, and right now as well, we are running the government comfortably with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD),” he said.
Lalan Singh steps down as JDU President
Regarding Lalan Singh’s stepping down as president, he said, “Both Nitish Kumar and Lalan Singh are two big leaders of the party and would have taken a call.”
On Giriraj Singh’s comment
Thakur also spoke on BJP leader Giriraj Singh saying that the doors are now shut for Nitish Kumar.
Giriraj Singh had told ANI, “All doors for Nitish Kumar’s return to the NDA are closed. The person who makes such derogatory remarks about women in the Assembly should step down from the post of chief minister immediately. Given his current mental condition, he is not fit to hold the post.”
Thakur said, “Unfortunately, Giriraj ji does not have the key, as they are outside the house. The key is with the person who is inside the house, who has bolted the door and latch. They know when to open and when to shut it. Like last time in 2017, none of the top BJP leaders of Bihar were aware when the door was opened and the political realignment took place with BJP.”
The JDU’s big meeting will be making some critical decisions, the JDU leader said.
